Outdoor Athletes

People you should know: SNEWS has all the latest athlete news and outdoor sports news about the talented people (like climber Alex Honnold, pictured here) accomplishing great athletic feats in the outdoors.

Louisa Albanese

Get to know the outdoor industry's most inspirational and decorated athletes: climbers, paddlers, ultrarunners, skiers, snowboarders, surfers, and more. We've got all the latest athletes news and outdoor sports news, including interviews, profiles, and videos.

Today's outdoor athletes are more than gifted in their disciplines. They are leaders and roll models and advocates for issues like public lands, equality, climate change, and so much more. Today's outdoor athletes use their platforms for the greater good, and we've got all the latest athlete news and outdoor sports news about their accomplishments and work.

Flavie Dokken’s first experience with cannabis as a training recovery tool was a decade ago, back when she was still a bodybuilder. Then, she used it to heal from severe stress fractures from her time serving in the U.S. Army. Now as a competitive ultrarunner based in Boulder, ...read more

Ultra runner Adam Campbell’s life revolved around motion until he almost died during a traverse on August 30, 2016, through Roger's Pass in British Columbia. His mantra has been this: "If you’re not moving, you’re dead." Presented by Arc'teryx and directed by Cam Sylvester, In ...read more

The climbing community is mourning the tragic loss of world-class alpinists Marc-André Leclerc and George “Ryan” Johnson, who are believed to have died on a climb outside Juneau, Alaska. The pair were summiting a new route on the Mendenhall Towers on March 5 and were expected ...read more

“Imagine being inside a freezer at 30 below zero for a whole week," says Tashi Malik. That’s how she and her twin sister, Nungshi, felt while skiing to the North Pole in 2015. The young women pushed through winds that reached 55 miles per hour. They stayed on constant alert, ...read more

If Vincent Colliard were a smaller-minded person, he’d be a surf bum. That’s what his six-year-old self wanted to be. Growing up in a Paris suburb, Colliard kept a poster of surf legend Kelly Slater on his bedroom wall, and every day he’d stare wistfully at the sunkissed ...read more

“This...I look back and I realize I have given my life over to this. A love, an obsession, a never-ending pursuit of that feeling.” The feeling that Jeremy Jones describes in the opening lines of his latest movie project is what he calls the “life of glide.” Jones, pro ...read more

The outdoor industry is devastated after the gut-wrenching news of famous climber Hayden Kennedy’s death. After his father, Michael Kennedy, confirmed his death, we also learned that his partner, Inge Perkins, had died in the avalanche. The 23-year-old climber and backcountry ...read more

Already a legend in the climbing world at 27, Hayden Kennedy chose to end his life after an avalanche killed his partner, Inge Perkins. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the two skiers were skiing on Imp Peak in the southern Madison Range, about 20 miles southwest of Big ...read more

The spotlight was never part of the plan. With his June 3 free solo of Yosemite’s El Capitan, Alex Honnold secured his place as the outdoor industry’s biggest celebrity—a height he never meant to ascend to. Even so, it’s a platform he’s learned to embrace. Over the past decade, ...read more

"Before you do it, do you like, write a note to your mom or anything?" Jimmy Kimmel asked Alex Honnold Thursday night, of his recent free solo of El Capitan. "No, that seems overly dramatic," Honnold replied. In a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Honnold explained his preparation ...read more

Alex Honnold put one in the record books Saturday, after nailing the first ever free solo of El Cap, the iconic, 3,000 foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park. According to a National Geographic report, Honnold started his climb at dawn, and pulled himself up over the final ...read more

Dear Mr. President, I have spent my life in the mountains. My life depends on being in tune with nature, weather and snow. In 2007, I started Protect Our Winters because I had become increasingly alarmed with the changing climate and shrinking of glaciers. I did not need ...read more

Ueli Steck, 41, dies in a fall while acclimatizing on Nuptse for his planned Everest-Lotse traverse. Tragic news from Nepal Sunday morning: The famed Swiss climber, Ueli Steck, was on Nuptse (25,791 feet) yesterday on a solo oxygen-less acclimatization climb for his planned ...read more

It's the outdoor version of "Which celebrity would you like to have dinner with?" One lucky voter will win the Eddie Bauer First Ascent Terrain 55L pack. Enter your email below to register, and vote in the poll to win this sweet pack. Imagine yourself pinned down in a storm ...read more

Pro adaptive climber Craig DeMartino has overcome life-changing injuries. Now, he's working to help others overcome their own obstacles. Craig DeMartino first discovered he loved climbing at a bachelor party for a friend who didn’t want to go a strip club. In 2002, it almost ...read more

Melissa Arnot and Maddie Miller Detour to Outdoor Retailer Show in the Home Stretch of 50 Peaks Challenge to present at the Zamst Booth With only six mountain peaks left in the 50 Peaks Challenge, the dynamic female duo will visit the Summer Outdoor Retailer Show to share ...read more

The Eddie Bauer athlete is the first American woman to summit without supplemental oxygen, and the only American woman to summit six times. She held the world record for five summits since 2013. Arnot summited at 1:26 a.m. Mountain Time. Arnot kept this attempt a secret, and ...read more

As a writer, photographer, and skier coming into her own as a professional athlete, Kalen Thorien knows more than a thing or two about succeeding as a woman in the business of adventure. Kalen Thorien became an athlete by accident. In high school, she played hooky and snuck ...read more

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. If mountain climber Melissa Arnot had a motto, this might be it. She trains hard—including an ultramarathon this spring—to prepare her body for climbing the world’s tallest peaks and to strengthen her mind: “I don’t like running. Doing ...read more

Are outdoor athletes the new face of conservation in the U.S.? Apparently President Barack Obama thinks so. Last week, the White House Office of Digital Strategy reached out to several well-known ultrarunners, seeking to build an influencer coalition of outdoor athletes and ...read more

Throughout the next month, SNEWS will recap its coverage of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2015 with select stories from the O.R. Daily we published at the show Aug. 5 – 8. It’s an opportunity for you to catch up on stories you might have missed in O.R.D., and for us to update ...read more

Throughout the next month, SNEWS will recap its coverage of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2015 with select stories from the O.R. Daily we published at the show Aug. 5 – 8. It’s an opportunity for you to catch up on stories you might have missed in O.R.D., and for us to update ...read more

Throughout the next month, SNEWS will recap its coverage of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2012 with select stories from the O.R. Daily we published at the show Aug. 2-5. It’s an opportunity for you to catch up on stories you might have missed in O.R.D., and for us to update and ...read more